Left ventricular remodeling and the athlete’s heart, irrespective of quality load training

Left ventricular remodeling and the athlete’s heart, irrespective of quality load training

Abstract Background Regular physical exercise determines a progressive increase of the cardiac mass known as adaptive hypertrophy. Up to now, two morphological echocardiographic heart patterns of athletes have been described by Morganroth in 1975: predominant augmentation of wall thickness, and majo...

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Main Authors: Giorgio Galanti, Laura Stefani, Gabriele Mascherini, Valentina Di Tante, Loira Toncelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Subjects:
Athlete’s hearth
Sports activity
Echocardiography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12947-016-0088-x

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